Chapter 183 Go to Beijing to listen to the seal

After Zhang Tiancheng's messenger arrived in Beijing, he handed over the list of Zheng Zhilong to the Dazhong Dynasty and the list of generals to Xiao Tianjian. After Xiao Tianjian summoned the ministers to agree on the division again, he immediately sent the envoy to Fujian with his imperial edict to take over Quanzhou and Tingzhou Prefecture from the Zheng family. , Zhangzhou Prefecture and other places.

At the same time, according to the original conditions of the Great China-China-North Korea peace agreement, all the Zheng army accepted the consolidation of the Great China Army on the spot, including the Zheng family's navy, the merchant fleet and sailors, were also stationed in the coastal ports of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, waiting to accept the integration of the Great China and North Korea.

After receiving Xiao Tianjian's imperial edict, Zheng Zhilong was very satisfied with the fact that he was awarded the title of Marquis of Jinghai. In advance, he also inquired about the title of the Dazhong Dynasty. He thought that even if Xiao Tianjian had awarded him the title according to the original agreement, he could at most be given a viscount and baron. Not bad, but I didn't think Xiao Tianjian was so generous that he was awarded a marquis and kept his title no less than that of the Yongli Dynasty, which made him very satisfied and had a lot of face.

Including his younger brothers and relatives, they also have their own awards, which reassures the leaders of the Zheng family. At least in this regard, the emperor of the Dazhong Dynasty is his word and is not too mean to them.

As for Zheng Jun's acceptance of the reorganization, they have nothing to say. Lu Shi must be accepted by the Dazhong Army and is likely to be dismissed on the spot. There is nothing to worry about.

However, the Zheng family has a little idea about the integration of the Zheng family's sailors. After all, there is no obvious line between military ships and civilian ships in this era, including Western sailboats, which can also be used for both transportation of goods and maritime warfare. The Zheng family has more than 2,000 ships of various types, including more than There are more than 400 Dafu boats and No. 2 Fu boats, as well as 500 or 600 Haicang boats, white boats, black boats, Guangzhou boats and fast boats, and the rest are more than 1,000 small sea boats with less than 400 materials for offshore.

There are nearly 20,000 sailors among the sailors. These people can usually sail and do business. They are sailors at any time in wartime. How should these ships and sailors be divided? How many ships and sailors are left to the Zheng family for them to continue to do business in the future has become a key issue.

In fact, in this matter, the two sides have also discussed before. The Dazhong Dynasty proposed to leave 200 sea boats of more than 400 materials for the Zheng family for their future business, and the rest of the ships will be handed over to the Dazhong Dynasty officials for disposal, while those soldiers of the Zheng family decided to stay according to their wishes and are willing to stay. Those who continue to work under the Zheng family can stay, and those who are willing to join the navy of the middle and North Korea can accept the reorganization.

But now the Zheng family's investment is a little late. As a punishment, the original conditions put forward by the Great China and North Korea cannot continue to be implemented. According to Xiao Tianjian's instructions, half of the original quota was cut off. The original 200 ships are now only allowed to the Zheng family to retain 100, and the personnel are only allowed to retain 3,000. The rest will be handed over to the Dazhong Dynasty for selection and then placed separately.

The Zheng family is quite dissatisfied with the new plan proposed by the Great China and the DPRK, but now they have no room to continue to resist, so they can only obey the arrangements of the Great China DPRK.

In addition, Xiao Tianjian recruited Zheng Zhilong and the people of the Zheng family to visit Nanjing, saying that he would personally seal Zheng Zhilong and the people of the Zheng family to show his grace.

The whole Zheng family was quite worried about this and wanted not to go, but at this time, the Zheng army had dispersed, and with the imperial edict, Shi Ran and Liu Yaoben each led 10,000 elite soldiers to enter Quanzhou Prefecture and Zhangzhou Prefecture separately, and divided some troops to take over Tingzhou Prefecture.

Under the front of the Dazhong Army, Zheng Zhilong wanted not to go to Nanjing, but at this time he could not find a suitable reason to refuse. Otherwise, it was obvious that he did not respect the decree, so the Zheng family could not predict what would happen next.

So in desperation, Zheng Zhilong had to thank him for his order and said that he would go to Nanjing to hear the seal as soon as possible. However, after their family's internal discussion, Zheng Zhilong still asked Zheng Zhibao to take care of his illness as a reason and stayed in Quanzhou, in case the Zheng family went to Nanjing once something changed, they would finally leave a backhand.

Just as Zheng Zhilong was ordered to go to Nanjing, the takeover of Zheng Jun by all parties was also launched. A batch of Zheng Jun was ordered to put down their weapons, was temporarily managed by the Dazhong army, and then dismissed in batches. For this reason, Xiao Tianjian ordered the Ministry of Household to allocate 200,000 dragon coins as severance pay, and ordered local officials to The local Zheng army dispatched the soldiers to carry out the arrangement, management and resettlement, and gave them to the fields, and ordered them to return to their hometown to cultivate.

For the Zheng family's navy, the Dazhong army adopted the method of separating people and ships, and temporarily ordered all the soldiers of the Zheng family's navy to land and leave their ships. The navy of the Dazhong and North Korea sent people to take over all kinds of warships of the Zheng family. In addition to allowing the Zheng family to choose and leave a hundred ships by themselves, the rest of the ships were selected and left one The strong ships are used as warships and used in the navy. As for the remaining ships that cannot be used as warships, some of them are directly dismantled, and the rest of the available ships are allowed to be redeemed by merchants in Zhejiang, Fujian and Nanzhili coastal merchants for use in the future.

The Zheng family saw this opportunity and bought back a batch of ships that originally belonged to them by paying for redemption.

However, the Great China and North Korea also fulfilled the conditions of the original peace agreement. After the Dazhong Army took over Quanzhou Prefecture and Zhangzhou Prefecture, they protected the property that originally belonged to the Zheng family and did not allow anyone to infringe on the property and family members of the Zheng family, which reassured the Zheng family a lot.

In fact, after Zheng Zhilong announced his surrender, there was actually a big debate about how to deal with Zheng Zhilong. It was mainly the military. Many people proposed that even if Zheng Zhilong surrendered, this person was not credible. Even if he did not kill, at least he should be monitored in Nanjing City. Once it was found If the Zheng family is rebellious again, they will be killed without mercy.

However, there are also some ministers who think that the Dazhong court should be faithful and not too much to Zheng Zhilong. They should take Huairou means to gradually divide the Zheng family group and make it gradually calm down in the future.

Xiao Tianjian laughed off such an argument. In his opinion, although the surrender of the Zheng family was forced to a large extent, through this period of confrontation with the Dazhong Dynasty, the Zheng family also basically saw the power of the Dazhong Dynasty and continued to be the enemy of the country. In the future, they will There is no place to stand on the mainland, so there is no need to use any conspiracy to force the Zheng family to submit.

And in the original Zheng Jun, not everyone is a hard-core supporter of the Zheng family. Between the country and the Zheng family, they can tell which is the strong and which is weak. Most of them are forced to do things in Zheng Jun, or to make a living. Now Today, the Zheng family asked for surrender, and the whole army's heart was completely dispersed. Even if the Zheng family still has a group of loyalists, the number is limited, which is not enough to become the confidant of the Dazhong Dynasty.

And according to the detailed investigation of Fujian's special affairs department, although the Zheng family's business is very large and its wealth is comparable to the country, the main foundation of the Zheng family is basically still on land in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and other places. The sea is only based on Xiamen Island, Jinmen Island and Penghu as their bases, and the navy of China and North Korea is now Now it is not as weak as a year or two ago. After more than a year of vigorous development, the strength of the Dazhong army and navy has grown rapidly. This time, the Zheng family defected to Shun. Although the Zheng family can legally retain a hundred sea ships, the vast majority of the remaining warships of the Zheng family's sailors have been handed over to the Dazhong and North Korea for processing, so that the Dazhong and North Korean navy The strength has soared in an instant. Under the same time, the sea power of the Zheng family has evaporated as much as 70% or 80%. Even if the Zheng family wants to control the maritime trade channel at sea again, it will soon make the Zheng family disappear in front of the Dazhong navy.

Therefore, after this toss, the Zheng family can no longer be called the strong enemy of China and North Korea on the sea, and Xiao Tianjian has not thought of completely killing the Zheng family as a sea merchant. At present, China needs such a pioneer of maritime trade. As long as the interests of the Zheng family are guaranteed, then the Zheng family does not The reason continues to make trouble. Xiao Tianjian doesn't want to be a villain to do such a chilling thing.

At the end of November, Zheng Zhilong finally came to Nanjing with dozens of relatives and his troops. With a worried mood, the group was recruited into the palace for a meeting.

Xiao Tianjian finally saw this sea hero for the first time for more than ten years. What surprised him was the youth of Zheng Zhilong, a famous sea hero in Chinese history. At this time, he was only in his thirties. Although he was not tall, he was quite handsome.

As soon as Zheng Zhilong entered the hall, he immediately took a few brothers and relatives to kneel down and shouted long live, and pleaded guilty to Xiao Tianjian. Since Chen Tooshun came late, he asked Xiao Tianjian to forgive his sins.

After Xiao Tianjian looked at Zheng Zhilong, he smiled and said, "It's good to come. Although Zheng Aiqing came a little late, it didn't make a big mistake. I have an appointment with you first, and I won't blame you for waiting! Now that you can resolutely get lost and know how to return, it is really the blessing of the people of Fujian, and the blessing of my Dazhong Dynasty! Ladies and gentlemen, please don't be polite! It's always inconvenient to talk on your knees like this! Come on, give Zheng Aiqing a seat!"

Zheng Zhilong did not expect Xiao Tianjian, the new emperor of the Great Middle and Middle Dynasty, to be so young, even younger than him. He peeked at Xiao Tianjian. Between his hands and feet, there was a kind of domineering invisibly. Such domineering was not cultivated overnight. Judging from his experience in leading the army, it was not through the bloody battlefield. It is difficult for ordinary people to develop such domineering. Listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, Zheng Zhilong's mood was a little more stable.

Although Xiao Tianjian's words are slightly dissatisfied with his current situation, it can be seen that Xiao Tianjian is still relatively satisfied with the fact that he can submit to him, and now he still gives him a seat, which shows that Xiao Tianjian is not too much. The idea of killing them made Zheng Zhilong feel more or less at ease.

It's just that it's a seat. Zheng Zhilong really doesn't dare to sit down. After repeatedly suing him, under the strong order of Xiao Tianjian, Zheng Zhilong hung his buttocks on a brocade stool sent by a bodyguard and sat in the hall. As for the men and relatives he brought, naturally there was no such treatment as him, and he could only be honest. He bowed his head and stood in front of His Highness.

(Today's special thanks to w fishing snow cold river friends for the reward!)